Jeopardy: Africa UNIT

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Category 1 : 1

Question:› Which is not a

cause of desertification? Drilling for water Slashandburn

farming Overgrazing of

livestock farming

Answer:› slashandburn

farming

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Question:› What is Africa’s

highest peak?

Answer:› Mount Kilimanjaro

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Question:› Which country has

not had economic reform as a result of the discovery of oil? Algeria Sudan Tunisia Libya

Answer:› Sudan

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Question:› Where would one

find a grazing wildebeest in tall grasses in Africa?

Answer:› Serengeti

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Question:› What term

describes the departure of native African professionals to Western countries?

Answer:› brain drain

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Question:› What are long, thin

valleys that are formed as continental plates pull apart?

Answer:› rift valleys

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Question:› Which is not a

legacy of colonialism in Africa? Solid infrastructure Civil wars Dictatorships Heavy debt

Answer:› solid infrastructure

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Question:› Where would one

find temperatures as high as 122*F in the summer and below freezing at night in the winter?

Answer:› the Sahara Desert

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Question:› What landform

prevents ideas and cultures from spreading from North Africa to the rest of Africa?

Answer:› Sahara Desert

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Question:› What is the most

profitable commodity in Africa after oil?

Answer:› coffee

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Question:› What river served

as the source of life for the culture hearth for North Africa?

Answer:› Nile River

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Question:› What provides 95%

of Egyptians with water?

Answer:› Nile River

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Question:› What is the

economic base of most African nations?

Answer:› The exporting of

raw materials

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Question:› What would you

find 6000 feet below the Sahara?

Answer:› Aquifers

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Question:› Which would not be

an example of diversification in a country that relies on petroleum exports? Promote

manufacturing Develop other

industries Develop tourism Drill for additional oil

sites

Answer:› drill for additional

oil sites

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Question:› What is a steep

slope with a nearly flat plateau on top?

Answer:› escarpment

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Question:› What is true about

most African nations’ economies when compared to where they were in the 1960s?

Answer:› they are worse off

now

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Question:› What South African

is known for his lifelong struggle to end apartheid and leadership of the African National Congress?

Answer:› Nelson Mandela

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Question:› Which of the

following countries is not located in North Africa? Suez Tunisia Morocco Sudan

Answer:› Suez

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Question:› Where were African

nations divided up for European colonization?

Answer:› Berlin Conference

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Question:› Approximately

what percent of Parliament seats in Tunisia?

Answer:› 7%

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Question:› What form of

government is characterized by people using lineages to govern themselves?

Answer:› stateless society

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Question:› Which is a problem

associated with the construction of the Aswan High Dam? Regular water supply Increased irrigation Decreased droughts Decreased silt

deposits on farmland

Answer:› decreased silt

deposits on farmland

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Question:› What caused South

Africa to receive international sanctions?

Answer:› apartheid

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Question:› What form of music

is used as a form of rebellion against Islam?

Answer:› rai

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